One of them, Popeye the Sailor, went from there to becoming an animation star in his own right.īut Betty never quite faded from the scene. Another King Features connection was her mid-30s penchant for co-starring with its characters, including Little Jimmy, Henry and The Little King. But she never really caught on as a comics character, and it, too, was long gone by the end of the 1930s. It was drawn by Bud Counihan, who had worked as Chic Young's assistant on Blondie. Her last cartoon of the Fleischer era was Rhythm on the Reservation (1939).īetty had a short-lived comic strip, syndicated by King Features (which now holds title to the character), beginning in 1934. The spark gone, she was eventually laid to rest. The studio tried to enliven her by adding Grampy as a frequent supporting character, but that helped only a little. She played a good girl, sometimes even a housewife. Betty's skirts became longer and her curves less pronounced. This changed when censorship swept through Hollywood. Many, such as I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal, You (1932) and The Old Man of the Mountain (1933) functioned mainly as what would now be called "music videos".
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An earlier Fleischer Studio star, Koko the Clown, tho no longer able to sustain a series of his own, became a frequent Boop co-star.īoop cartoons of this era could be whimsical, like Crazy Town (1932) melodramatic, like She Wronged Him Right (1934), or surreal, like Snow White (1933), whose wicked queen uttered a "Mirror, mirror" rhyme four years before Disney's, in his version of the story. Once humanized, Betty remained so, but her relationship with Bimbo could be anything from master-dog to partners-in-adventure to lovers, depending on the needs of the cartoon. The "Boop-oop-a-doop" bit continued unchanged. In 1931's Mask-A-Raid, her doggie ears became sexy earrings and her boyfriend, Bimbo ( no relation), became her pet. La Boop remained in her original form through a half-dozen more cartoons. But her characteristic "Boop-oop-a-doop" was there right from the beginning. She wasn't quite herself in that first outing - for one thing, she wasn't the star, but appeared only in one brief scene and for another, she was depicted as a dog.
Her creation is credited toĪnimator Myron "Grim" Natwick.
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Please contribute to its necessary financial support.īetty Boop made her debut in Dizzy Dishes (released August 9, 1930), a Max Fleischer cartoon, in which she sang in a cabaret full of funny animals. If this site is enjoyable or useful to you, Released by: Paramount (Fleischer Studio) The show made the audience believe that Betty, aside from licensing, has been a dead character since 1939.BETTY BOOP Original Medium: Theatrical Animation There was no mention of Betty's highly successful cameo in Who Framed Roger Rabbit or the delightful special produced by Collosal Pictures. There was no effort to placing the Boop cartoons into their proper context in the history of the Fleischer studio.we don't hear about the features, Popeye or Superman or the end of the studio. Max, like other producers, used Cinecolor because Disney had an exclusive contract with the much superior Technicolor process. Max Fleischer invented many things, but he did not invent Cinecolor as stated in the production.
Mae Questel's name was mis-pronounced throughout the show. It was taken from a Paramount newsreel celebrating the collapse of Helen Kane's lawsuit against the Fleischers for having used an imitation of her voice. The footage of the women who did the Boop voice was framed as though it was some sort of audition footage. Myron Waldman was interviewed, but the producers never identified Myron was having been the head animator on more Betty Boops than anyone else. The animators who took over and re-designed the character were never mentioned. Grim Natwick who created the first version of Betty was not credited at all.
The impression was given that Max and Dave were the only creative forces at the studio. While I'm going to have a full review of the show, I just want to note a few things here. There is much more to the story of how Betty Boop was created then as presented by the producers of that program.
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